Top billed cast

1. 

   Ken Ogata

   Tatsuhei

2. 

   Sumiko Sakamoto

   Orin

3. 

   Tonpei Hidari

   Risuke

4. 

   Aki Takejo

   Tamayan

5. 

   Shoichi Ozawa

   Katsuzô

6. 

   Fujio Tokita

   Jinsaku

7. 

   Sanshō Shinsui

   Zeniya Tadayan

8. 

   Seiji Kurasaki

   Kesakichi

9. 

   Junko Takada

   Matsuyan

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2023-11-24

The short review is "life's a bitch, then you die" LOL, that doesn't do this absolutely brilliant film any justice, though.

Imamura has crafted a rather sardonic, brutally honest mirror of humans. Like humans, it is both hard to watch, and simultaneously invokes emapthy. Few directors every achieve this level of mastery of the audience's emotions. It holds a well-deserved Palme d'Or.

The legend upon which the movie is based is called Ubasute (姥捨て) in Japanese, or "abandoning an old woman". There is no evidence of it ever being a common practice, though it's a persistent myth in Jap...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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